Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9 Speaker Cable - 4 Foot - Banana to Spade - Pair

Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9 Speaker Cable - 4 Foot - Banana to Spade - Pair

What It Does in Your System

The Cable That Built This Company's Reputation, in a Short Run

Oval 9 is the design that made Analysis Plus a name in audio — well enough regarded that reviewers kept remarking on how little it costs relative to what it does. Black Mesh Oval 9 is the current version, same engineering under an attractive black mesh jacket.

This is a matched 4-foot pair, the shortest length Analysis Plus offers, with a mix of banana and spade terminations. Four feet suits monoblocks sitting beside each speaker, a compact desktop system, or an amplifier positioned between speakers that are close together.

Hollow Oval Geometry That Keeps Resistance Flat Across the Band

Analysis Plus is an engineering firm first — the Michigan company earned its name modeling and testing cables for other manufacturers before deciding it could do better itself. Their simulations showed that round conductors suffer badly from current bunching and skin effect, so they developed a patented hollow oval cross-section instead.

A woven pattern places every wire statistically as close to the return current as every other wire. Current density stays even, resistance barely changes with frequency, and you hear a cable that stays consistent from the bottom of the bass to the top of the treble.

Nine Gauge of Copper in a Length That Barely Needs It

This is a substantial cable — 9 AWG of high-purity oxygen-free copper, built to hold onto deep bass notes played at high volume. Over a 4-foot run, resistance is a non-issue from the start, which means the conductor mass is pure headroom rather than compensation for distance.

Analysis Plus uses a flexible braid rather than solid conductors, which kink and deform in ways that degrade the signal, paired with a computer-matched dielectric.

Is This Right for You?

A few things to confirm before ordering:

• Four feet is genuinely short — measure carefully. It's right for monoblocks at the speakers or a very compact layout, but it leaves almost no slack. Measure the actual routing path with the connectors seated, including any drop behind the amplifier.
• Check the mixed termination against your terminals. This SKU has bananas at one end and spades at the other. Confirm which end goes where and that each component accepts the connector it will receive.
• This is the full-range configuration. Two conductors per end, one cable per speaker. If your speakers have separate bass and treble binding posts and you want to bi-wire, Analysis Plus builds the Bi-Oval 9 for that.

Setup & Installation

Bananas seat with a firm push and hold by spring tension, no tools required. For the spade end, loosen the binding post, slide the spade over it, and tighten firmly by hand — snug enough that the spade can't rotate, without straining the post. Observe polarity at every connection, positive to positive and negative to negative, and wire both channels identically before playing music.

The cable measures roughly 20mm by 8mm in cross-section — a wide flat oval rather than a round bundle. Over 4 feet you have little routing to do, but 9-gauge conductors don't like tight turns, so give the cable a generous radius where it leaves each component rather than forcing a sharp bend to take up slack.

Features & Specifications

Patented Hollow Oval Geometry
Minimizes current bunching and skin effect so resistance stays nearly constant across the audio band.

Woven Braided Conductor
Every wire sits statistically as close to the return current as every other, distributing current density evenly for better signal transfer than solid-conductor designs.

9-Gauge Oxygen-Free Copper
A massive conductor built to convey deep bass at high volume, especially with lower-sensitivity speakers.

Computer-Matched Dielectric
Insulation selected by simulation to work with the conductor geometry rather than against it, reducing energy storage and release.

Specifications

• Type: Full-range speaker cable, matched pair
• Length: 4 feet
• Terminations: Banana at one end, spade at the other
• Conductor gauge: 9 AWG
• Conductor material: High-purity oxygen-free copper
• Geometry: Patented hollow oval, oval-coaxial configuration
• Outer dimensions: 20mm x 8mm
• Jacket: Black mesh
• Included: One matched pair of terminated speaker cables

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a pair or a single cable?
This is a matched pair — two 4-foot cables, one per speaker. Everything you need to wire a stereo system is included.

Is 4 feet long enough for my setup?
It's the shortest length Analysis Plus offers, intended for monoblocks beside the speakers or a very compact arrangement. Measure your actual path before ordering — the cable is also available in 6, 8, 10, and 12 foot lengths, and a run that's slightly too short is the one problem no amount of cable quality can fix.

What's the difference between this and the Bi-Oval 9?
Same conductor, same geometry, same gauge. The Bi-Oval 9 uses four conductors so your speaker's bass and treble binding posts each get their own pair. This standard version is what you want if your speakers have a single set of posts.

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